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• 'Wigan 0-1 West Brom: Baggies cure travel sickness (ESPN Soccernet.com)
Wigan 0-1 West Brom: Baggies cure travel sickness by England
• 'China's Spring Festival travel season starts (Muzi)
China on Saturday announced the start of the annual peak travel season around the traditional Spring Festival, or Chinese lunar new year, which falls on February 29.
• 'Roundup: First Peak Travel Day Witnesses Orderly Transportation (RedNova)
Roundup: First peak travel day witnesses orderly transportation BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- On the first day of peak travel period identified from Jan. 14 to Feb. 22, transportation across China is slightly strained but in good order.
• 'Call for travel warnings overhaul (TVNZ)
Two travel agencies say Ministry of Foreign Affairs travel advisories need immediate improvements and should be brought more in line with Australia.
• 'Travel Warnings Need Overhaul: Travel Specialists (Scoop.co.nz)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs travel advisories are in need of some immediate improvements and should move further in line with Australia, according to both a leading corporate travel management specialist and one of New Zealand?s largest travel retailers.
• 'Finding a `reliable' travel agent or tour company (Chicago Tribune)
"How can I find a reliable travel agent?" "How do I know if the operator of a package tour is reliable?" These are common questions from readers. I'm sorry to say I can't give you a nice, pat formula; the definition of "reliable" varies among questioners.
• 'Spicing Up Space Meals: Minimus.biz Supplies NASA & the International Space Station with Travel Condiments (SpaceRef)
Since its launch a year and half ago, Minimus.biz has quickly become 'the' place to go for individual and travel size items. Last week, NASA came to Minimus.biz and purchased several different travel size condiments to send with the astronauts to the International Space Station.
• 'ROBERTA ALEXANDER: IT'S A MYSTERY: Good writing -- a great way to travel (Contra Costa Times)
A SENSE OF PLACE roots a character and a story in a way that strengthen them so that the reader can get the benefit of travel without the jet lag. Some mystery authors have a particular knack for creating characters and situations that you cannot imagine taking place anywhere else.
• 'Sabre Returns - Putting Agencies Back into Travel (Scoop.co.nz)
NEW ZEALAND, Auckland 16 January 2006.: Sabre Pacific today announced more than 250 travel agencies in New Zealand have now joined ?Sabre Returns? ? a new partnership program designed to reward travel agencies by returning benefits for hotel, car and air bookings made through Sabre.
• 'TRAVEL & PLACES (The Hindu)
Smart traveller Google is trying out a new service to help you plan travel the smarter way. More Gift a gadget this season The gift choices are aplenty: expensive gadgets for that flashy friend or simpler stuff for that quarrelsome sibling. Take your pick.

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